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Einstein Literary
Management is a new agency,
having been launched by Susanna Einstein in 2015. It’s a small agency with just
three agents - all looking for new authors. They’re based in New York City's
Flatiron District and represent a broad range of literary and commercial
fiction, including upmarket women's fiction, crime fiction, historical fiction,
romance, and books for children, including picture books, graphic novels,
middle-grade, and young adults. Einstein Literary also handles nonfiction,
including cookbooks, memoir and narrative, and blog-to-book projects.

Susanna Einsteinworked as an agent for ten years before launching
ELM, first at LJK Literary Management and then at the Einstein Thompson Agency.
She has worked in publishing since 1995, first in the publicity and editorial
departments at what was then called Warner Books (now Grand Central Publishing)
and then as a literary scout at Maria B. Campbell Associates.

A native New Yorker, she
graduated with distinction from Northwestern University. She lives in NJ with
her husband and two children. She is on the Board of Directors of the
Association of Authors' Representatives and is a member of the Women's Media
Group.

Susanna has a particular
fondness for crime fiction, upmarket commercial women's fiction, MG and YA
fiction, and narrative nonfiction. She likes a good story well told.

Put the name of the
agent you’re querying in the subject line of your email, and paste the first
ten pages of your manuscript into the body of the email.

Susan
Graham was recently promoted to full agent.
Susan began assisting Susanna in 2015. Before joining Einstein Literary
Management she interned at Sheldon Fogelman Agency and Donadio & Olson and
was an assistant at ICM Partners. She holds a Master's Degree in Children's
Literature from Simmons College, and she currently lives in Brooklyn with her
two cats appropriately named Chicken and The Crocodile.

Susan's looking for children's and young adult fiction in all
genres, but her favorite books are often science fiction and fantasy for
middle-grade and YA.

She also enjoys
picture books and graphic novels for children and is looking for illustrators
who emphasize storytelling through imagery. She's particularly interested in
friendships and sibling narratives, and monster protagonists are always a plus.
For adults, she prefers genre and commercial fiction, especially featuring
women's stories, and monster protagonists are still a plus. She especially
welcomes and encourages works by and about marginalized voices.

Put the name of the
agent you’re querying in the subject line of your email, and paste the first
ten pages of your manuscript into the body of the email.

Shana Kelly started her publishing career
in the Literary Department of the William Morris Agency, where she worked for
10 years. She began in foreign rights in the New York office, and later worked
out of the London office for two years. Shana was the signing agent for many
successful authors, including New York Times bestseller Curtis Sittenfeld, author
of Prep and Eligible.

Shana has a Bachelor of
Philosophy from Miami University, and attended the University of Denver’s
Publishing Institute. She currently lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband
and daughter. For the past eight years, she's worked as a freelance editor and
publishing consultant.

Shana is looking for novels with
great writing and surprising plots – her favorite books fall between commercial
and literary. She has a soft spot for well-written thrillers and psychological
suspense.

If you’re interested in kid lit,
don’t miss the Writing for Children and for Young Adults, Saturday, May 11, in Brampton with guest speakers Erin
O'Connor, senior editor at Scholastic Books, and young adult author Tanaz
Bhatena. See here.

If you’re interested in getting published, soon or
somewhere down the road, don’t miss the How
to Get Published workshop, Saturday, June 8, in
Waterloo with literary agent Meg Wheeler (see here).

For updated listings of How to Get
Published workshops see here(and scroll down).

And don’t miss these other great
workshops coming soon: Plotting Novels and Writing Short Stories, Saturday, May 25, in Niagara on the Lake (see here), How to Write Great Characters,Saturday,
June 22, in Oakville, (see here),
and Finding Your Voice, Saturday, July 13, in London (see here).

But the best
way to grow as a writer may be with aweekly course. Here’s what’s coming this summer:

Friday, November 1
– Monday, November 4; four days of creativity in a setting that provides the warmth of a country estate steeped in history while providing all
the benefits of an extensive, modern lakeside resort. Details here.

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Brian Henry has been a book editor, writer, and creative writing instructor for more than 25 years. He teaches creative writing at Ryerson University. He also leads weekly creative writing courses in Burlington, Mississauga, Oakville and Georgetown and conducts Saturday workshops throughout Ontario. His proudest boast is that he has helped many of his students get published.